The Octagon (1980)

Directed by

Eric Karson

Genre

action film, martial arts film, thriller film, ninja film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

R

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 155 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A martial artist has to stop a group of ninja-trained terrorists. The terrorists are led by his own foster brother.

1980s actiontenseseriousmartial artslone-herohigh-stakesgritty

What happens

The Octagon is a 1980 American action martial arts film starring Chuck Norris, Karen Carlson and Lee Van Cleef. It was directed by Eric Karson and written by Paul Aaron and Leigh Chapman. The film involves a martial artist (Chuck Norris) who must stop a group of terrorists trained in the ninja style by his foster brother (Tadashi Yamashita). It was filmed in Los Angeles and released by the distribution wing of American Cinema Productions beginning August 15, 1980. It is notable for its inventive use of voice-over effects to portray the inner life of Norris' character, Scott James. This was actor Richard Norton's film debut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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